What is the cipher used by windows Credential Manager to generate credentials backup files (*.crd)?
With a backup file from Credential Manager and the password used to created that backup file is it ...

My friend wanted me to backup all the photos and music and text documents on his hard drive so I'm trying to do that. He gave me the whole computer. It's an OEM machine from 2005 running Windows XP.
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My organization is considering a commitment with centralized file / data protection and I am keen on reviewing the Symantec ENDPOINT protection.
I have installed a trial and have found ...

I've got an existing (personal) backup service which I'm rewriting from the ground up to be secure.
At present, I just store files (and diffs) in AWS S3 with no encryption. It works fine but I'd like ...

My computer is infected with Malware and (shame on me) of course I didn't back up my photos or word docs. I also happen to know almost NOTHING about computers. Is it possible to upload photos to cloud ...

In 2013 Lavabit shut down because a US agency was demanding access to its private SSL keys and basically the deets on whatever users the US was interested in. Lavabit shut down rather than give the US ...

i own a small private server (@home) with all necessary features for my backup purposes (Owncloud, SVN, GIT).
My target now is to ensure the safety of my data in emergency cases like fire/flood. For ...

So I understand the principles behind the concept of a revocation certificate and why it should be useful to create one and back up before harm occurs. The thing is, I don't see a wide range of media ...

A couple of months ago, on my pc with Windows 7, i installed truecrypt and created a decoy system and a hidden os.
I stored some really important documents and files on my hidden os that now i need ...

In many places a common practice is to connect in a backup drive at the end of the day and let the computer do an automatic backup in case of an emergency. I have been doing that for the past 2 years ...

I've tried to bring in collaboration tools at my company such as Evernote, Dropbox, OneNote, GoogleDocs etc. at our company but am finding it tough to get people on board. We use Sharepoint to store ...

As a way of backing up big amounts of data (about 1-2 TB) I thought it's good idea to bury a hard disk drive (in a damage-preventing shell) to be able to dig it later and read all the data from it if ...

So, I want to start using pass, but I need a GPG key for this. This application will store all of my passwords, which means it's very important that I don't lose my private key, once generated.
Hard ...

I have a server on which I keep an encrypted backup of some data. The server updates the backup once a day if the data has been changed and is physically accessible to many people. Further, I would ...

I am facing an issue where hackers are seeking to compromise two of my servers. They succeeded in wiping out both and stealing my backups. I had off-site backups and I am back online. Nonetheless, I ...

As a company we are performing daily backups onto RDX removable media which is fully encrypted (shows as unformatted drive) and the backup software also encrypts the files during the backup process, ...

I know of less than 10 data files I modify regularly that I want backed up. I did a full system backup and tried doing incremental backups every week but find it unnecessary and too long. For example ...

In many cases, there is a single master key that is installed in a HSM or similar device, but which should be backed up. The recommended method for this backup in many cases is to encrypt the master ...

I'm just curious and it's more like a mind game, I'm not into cryptography.
How would one encrypt data that's constantly generated? Put the data automaticly into chunks encrypt the chunk and send it ...

I have a usb stick witch is encrypted using truecrypt. How can I back it up?
The only method that comes into my mind is making a image of the usb drive and then restore it. But 16 GB I think it will ...

Under HIPAA and some privacy laws (in US, EU and other countries), the user has the right to amend (under some laws even delete) his/her data. What is the right way to handle a request to amend/delete ...

Is there a way to install programs and make changes to a virtual machine and if they work ok have them applied to the "actual" machine? For example in this question when fiasco_averted says "...only ...

Is there any benefit to doing a full system backup or differential backup if you have all the installers for programs you use and no special settings are needed?
Most of my data files can be deleted ...

Can this be done safely?
I want to print 2 pdf’s containing personal/banking information from a computer at work. It has CrashPlan Pro running and I don’t want a copy of the files to be made that I ...